As the trailer for season 2 of the popular Mirzapur web series was released today, people on Twitter have started boycotting it even before the series launched. The reason apparently is one of the main actors of the web series, Ali Fazal. Fazal had supported the violent protests against the …
Read More »8 states account for nearly half of total COVID-19 deaths in India
In Maharashtra, the districts with the highest number of deaths are Mumbai, Pune and Thane. (Figurative) New Delhi: Almost half of the total deaths from COVID-19 in India are concentrated in 25 districts of eight states, the government said today. 15 of these districts are in Maharashtra alone. “Of these …
Read More »Explained: Why was the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded?
Written by Mehr Gill | New Delhi | Updated: October 6, 2020 8:22:04 pm The three winners on the left screen, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries of black holes. (AP) On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences …
Read More »The government authorizes 10 companies for the PLI scheme for mobile telephony
The Government of India today approved ten mobile device manufacturing companies for its Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) scheme to boost large scale electronics manufacturing in the country as part of its Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. Along with that, he has also given his go-ahead to six other eligible applicants under …
Read More »Hathras News: Horrible Hathras Incident, SC Says; orders the UP government to report on measures to protect witnesses | India News
NEW DELHI: Calling “horrible” the Hathras incident, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Government of Uttar Pradesh inform you before 8 October about the measures taken to protect witnesses in the case in which a Dalit girl was allegedly brutally raped and died from her injuries. The apex court …
Read More »SC seeks response from UP government on witness protection, postpones hearing until next week
the Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday to provide a response by Wednesday on its witness protection plan and whether the family of the 19-year-old Dalit gangrape victim from Hathras has access to a lawyer Living law reported. Four upper caste Thakur men had brutally raped and …
Read More »No one kidnapped me, I followed my heart: AIADMK MLA, Prabhu’s wife, Soundarya to TNM
‘My father-in-law is being influenced by people who see me as a lower caste. But we cannot bow to these pressures, ”says MLA Prabhu. Almost two weeks ago, AIADMK Legislative Assembly Member (MLA) A Prabhu went to the residence of the temple priest and S Party member Swaminathan with his …
Read More »Tejaswi Yadav, Tej Pratap Arrested for Murder of Former RJD Leader Shakti Malik
PATNA: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, his older brother Tej Pratap and four others were arrested on Monday for the murder of former RJD leader Shakti Malik. The incident occurred in the Purnea district of Bihar on Sunday. Police investigating the case said Shakti Malik was at his residence when he …
Read More »Railways re-establishes the second reserve letter system, which will be issued 30 minutes before departure
Indian Railways today decided to restore the previous second booking chart preparation system as of October 10. The system was stopped in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic in recent months. In accordance with the established pre-COVID period instructions, the first reservation chart was prepared at least 4 hours …
Read More »AP ECET 2020 results published; over 30k qualified, check top list here
NEW DELHI: The AP ECET 2020 result was released today, i.e. October 6th. Candidates who took the AP ECET exam can check the results on the official APSCHE portal – sche.ap.gov.in. Of the total of 31,891 candidates presented, 30,654 have been qualified for the test. The overall percentage of qualified …
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